As I've said numerous times in the past I have no intention of ever taking the site down. The forums have had new registrations disabled for a while now (although I believe signups via Facebook are still possible) for a couple of reasons; 1. to reduce botspam and 2. because the forums are essentially dead we're unlikely to get many new people around here for any legitimate reasons.
I'm still here... kind of. I seem to log in every 6 months or so, just out of curiosities sake.
Nice to see some old names still kicking around. Some of us have been a part of this community for over 15 years.... wow!